Jiang Ying was silent for a while, then turned to look at King Chen: "The fact that my father is here, does it mean that he still has the prince in his heart?"
King Chen stood up from the bed dragging his wounds.
Jiang Ying stepped forward to help him change his clothes. After his clothes were neatly dressed, the couple went out to greet the holy driver.
There were people kneeling on both sides of the courtyard and cloister.
Emperor Mu was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and walked up surrounded by his bodyguards and eunuchs. In addition to his personal eunuch Yang Dexi, he was also followed by Rong Cang and Qi Jin.
Prince Chen and his wife knelt down and saluted: "My son, I respectfully welcome my father. Long live my father. Long live my father."
Emperor Mu walked into the courtyard and his eyes fell on King Chen's pale face: "I heard that you were injured, why didn't you consult the imperial doctor?"
A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in King Chen's heart, and he lowered his head and said, "My son's skills are not as good as others, and I don't dare to worry about my father, so I didn't teach the imperial doctor."
"Get up." Emperor Mu walked into the house. "Lie down on the bed and let the doctor take your pulse. If you are seriously injured, rest in bed for a few days."
King Chen followed beside him, his face obviously looking abnormally pale: "My son and minister are useless, I have made my father worried."
Emperor Mu frowned: "How old are you, and you are still so impulsive? Rong Cang has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and has been in the border military camp for ten years. He has fought countless battles, large and small. Are you his opponent?"
King Chen pursed his lips. Listening to this stern reprimand that sounded like an ordinary father's, a strange fantasy arose in his heart.
My father probably doesn’t know anything yet.
Thinking about it, Rong Cang still wanted to use Qianqi to threaten him, how could he throw out such a useful chess piece so quickly?
Therefore, the father should not be cold to him yet.
He had to find out the reason for his father's misunderstanding and explain it clearly, so that others would not succeed in instigating him in front of his father and think that his son was really useless.
Thinking this, King Chen became more humble and blamed himself: "It's Erchen's fault. In these years, Erchen has only focused on reputation and neglected to strengthen his body. That's why he was unable to fight back at the hands of his ninth brother. It's Erchen himself." It’s not the ninth brother’s fault that his skills are not as good as others.”
"It's true that his skills are inferior to others." Rong Cang said in a cold voice, "Just like an embroidered pillow, if you expect King Chen to go to the border to fight, he will be defeated without a leader in the first battle."
King Chen's face was stiff, he lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't we have nine brothers in the war? How can I be the right brother?"
King Chen said, walked to the bed and lay down, letting the imperial doctor take his pulse.
Emperor Mu walked aside and sat down, and said calmly: "Princess, please work hard these days, take good care of King Chen, don't let him wander around, and don't lose your temper again. The business is to rest in peace and quiet."
King Chen and his wife's hearts trembled at the same time.
Don't lose your temper?
Did the father just give this casually, or did he know something?
"Yes." Jiang Ying suppressed her uneasiness and responded respectfully and meekly, "My daughter-in-law will take good care of the prince. Please rest assured, father."
Emperor Mu sat on the Luohan couch and watched silently as the imperial doctor checked King Chen's pulse. He seemed to ask casually: "King Chen went to Prince Zhan's Mansion yesterday just to compete with Prince Chen in martial arts?"
Jiang Ying's expression froze, a look of panic flashed across her eyes, and she unconsciously looked at King Chen.
"My son..." King Chen didn't know how to reply. He subconsciously looked at Rong Cang. Seeing his cold expression, which was slightly sarcastic, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said sadly and remorsefully, "My son and I have been talking to each other recently. The princess was having some trouble and wanted to ask her nine younger siblings to talk, so she went to Prince Zhan's Mansion."
"Are you having trouble?" Emperor Mu frowned, his eyes turned to the faces of King Chen and his wife, and there was deep thought in his eyes, "You also want to imitate Rong Cang and divorce his wife?"
"It's my daughter-in-law who deserves to die." Jiang Ying knelt down and admitted her mistake first, "My daughter-in-law was inconsiderate because she was jealous of the Qin family girl and had a quarrel with the prince. I don't blame the prince."
King Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Jealousy is a good reason.
Anyway, there is no hope of marrying Qin Zhilan. In this case, she would make a jealous scene and succinctly show the emperor that she has no intention of letting Qin Zhilan enter the palace as a concubine, so that the emperor can feel at ease.
"The King Chen did something inappropriate." Emperor Mu snorted coldly, with a hint of anger on his face. "In front of his wife, he gave two flowers to another woman. Have he ever considered his wife's feelings? ?Have you ever considered this girl’s thoughts?”
King Chen closed his eyes and said nothing.
If it weren't for the imperial doctor taking his pulse, he would have got out of bed and knelt down to apologize.
It's just that he was in a gloomy and bad mood at this time, and he didn't even have the will to apologize. He wanted to take this opportunity to have a big fight with the emperor, shout out the frustration in his heart, and ask him what he had done wrong to deserve his punishment. So snubbed.
But King Chen didn't dare.
He understood that he was in a bad situation. If he angered his father at this time, he was afraid that the consequences would be even more disastrous.
"It's all the daughter-in-law's fault." Jiang Ying lowered her head and took all the responsibility on herself, "As the husband's wife, the daughter-in-law should be generous and should not be jealous, let alone because of an unreasonable matter. There was a quarrel with the prince. If the daughter-in-law had not been in a cold war with the prince, the prince would not be in a bad mood and go to the war king to complain, let alone fight in the name of practicing martial arts, let alone get hurt. Everything is the fault of the daughter-in-law, please father The emperor punishes you."
"Although you are wrong in this matter, the fault is not big." Emperor Mu said calmly, "The bigger fault lies with King Chen. He knew that Qin Zhilan was the granddaughter of Qin Taifu, with a noble background and a noble nature, but he still had to rush What should I do if people misunderstand me when I go to send flowers? The Grand Tutor is a teacher that I all respect, and you should respect him even more. Can the granddaughter he carefully cultivated be a concubine? What if it is true? When it comes to marriage, what do you want Taifu to think? What do you think? How do you want students all over the world to think of me? You really have no brains at all!"
Qi Jin stood aside and could hardly help but applaud the emperor's words.
He is worthy of being an emperor.
He clearly knew what Prince Chen and his wife were thinking, and clearly knew the intention of Taifu Qin's house, but what he said was so righteous and high-sounding that people couldn't fault a single word.
Yes, how can Taifu Qin’s granddaughter be a concubine?
If the marriage is really proposed, it will not only be a humiliation to Taifu Qin, but also cause dissatisfaction among scholars all over the world. They think that the emperor does not respect his own teacher, so how can he respect other scholars?
As for whether the Qin family girl devalued herself or not, that is their own business. What does it have to do with the emperor?
In short, as the king of a country, he could not let his sage reputation be damaged, so King Chen's thoughts were out of line, and it was natural for Princess Chen to be jealous.
Not only should he be jealous, but he should also resolutely prevent King Chen from having any wrong thoughts.
